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NYT blasts Oklahoma anti-Islam law, saying it’s based on ‘hatred’
First, Oklahoma voters by more than a 2-1 margin passed a law barring Oklahoma courts from considering Islamic law when trying cases in the state. Then a federal judge issued an order barring the...
Tancredo would be ‘happy to register as a Republican’
In an email sent to supporters Friday, former Congressman Tom Tancredo, who recently lost a third-party bid for governor, proposed a series of meetings between Liberty Groups and Republican leaders in the hope of...
In lengthy Statesman interview, Wadhams fends off critics, weighs future
The Colorado Statesman this week published a massive interview with Colorado GOP Chair Dick Wadhams. The reading is good but, for the most part, the information he relates is not that new.
It's a good...
A problem: Climate change remains mostly a political story
One of the standout moments in the last weeks of the heated U.S. Senate race in Colorado pitting Republican Ken Buck against Democrat Michael Bennet came when Buck appeared on the stump with famous...
Wolf Creek patrol director death underscores avalanche danger
The head of Wolf Creek ski area’s ski patrol, a former U.S. Marine and Gulf War veteran, died in an in-bounds avalanche Monday while doing routine snow safety work at the southern Colorado ski...
R.I.P. Libertarian Party-founder David Nolan
The man who founded the Libertarian Party in a Colorado living room 39 years ago died this past weekend in Tucson at the age of 66.
David Nolan, who lived in Colorado for about 20...
Trend watch: U.S. workers struggle while U.S. corporations boom
Citing a survey by the National Association for Business Economics a national panel of economists led by University of Colorado’s Richard Wobbekind this week predicted slow growth in the overall U.S. economy through the...
Division of Wildlife to protect land around massive bat cave
From Balloon Boy to Tom Tancredo, in the eyes of the rest of the nation, Colorado is a pretty damned weird state. The absolute epicenter of that weirdness is the San Luis Valley, where...
New Jersey Sen. Lautenberg’s son running for Scanlan’s state House seat
Josh Lautenberg, a Vail realtor and the son of U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., is in the running to replace state Rep. Christine Scanlan, D-Dillon, who is stepping down to take a senior leadership...
State Rep. Scanlan named to key Hickenlooper post
Governor-elect John Hickenlooper today named Rep. Christine Scanlan, D-Dillon, to his senior leadership team as Director of Legislative Affairs and Strategic Initiatives.
Scanlan, a rising state House star who was mentioned as a potential Speaker...